Table 1 Mental health and policing profile in Street Triage locations

Population

138,400

1,759,800

Location size (sq mi)

146.8

1,622

Estimated % of population 16–74 with severe mental illness (national comparison 1.1 %)²

0.8 %

0.6 %

% of people living in 20 % most deprived locations (national comparison 20.3 %)^c

5.7 %

3.7 %

Number of S136 detentions by MH provider 2013/2014 ^b,c

60

250

Number of S136 detentions by police force boundary in 2013/2014^c

% of all S136 detentions that result in individual being taken to a health based place of safety^c